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Is space exploration worth the money and effort? | Letters

09 April at 18:11 PM, via The Guardian

Readers respond to an article by Zoe Williams in which she argued the space race was pointless

Zoe Williams speaks for many of us when she notes that the US space mission is pointless (Let’s stop going into space. There’s nothing to see and no one to talk to, 7 April). Unfortunately, it is worse than that. With a $100bn budget, the Artemis programme represents a truly spectacular...

Woman with three deadly diseases has ‘remarkable’ recovery after cell therapy

09 April at 17:00 PM, via The Guardian

Treatment reset wayward immune system of patient with life-threatening conditions, say scientists, in a world first

A woman who lived with three life-threatening autoimmune diseases for more than a decade has returned to a near-normal life after a cell therapy reset her wayward immune system.

The 47-year-old had had nine different treatments, none of which had a lasting impact, before receiving...

FSCA Fines Ian Roscoe R1.5m, Debars Him 20 Years

09 April at 16:50 PM, via Tech Financials

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has imposed an administrative penalty of R1 500 000 on Mr Ian Roscoe (Mr Roscoe) and debarred him for a period of 20 years. The FSCA stated that the regulatory action follows an investigation by the Authority in respect of Mr Roscoe. The FSCA confirmed that the investigation found […]

The open banking divide in South Africa

09 April at 15:05 PM, via TechCentral

Standard Bank says the market should lead. Fintechs say fragmentation and proprietary APIs are holding the sector back.

Space: the ultimate wardrobe challenge – in pictures

09 April at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

As the Artemis II astronauts return from the moon, we celebrate the science, suits and spirit of endeavour that took them there, all brought together in a colourful new book called Space Journal

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Nasa meteorologists trialling model to produce ultra local, short-term forecasts

09 April at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Improved short-term forecasts could be a lifesaver for Nasa and important for organisers of events such as Wimbledon

Meteorologists are working on ever longer-range predictions, but they have not neglected ultra local, ultra short-term forecasts for specific purposes.

This month, meteorologists at Nasa’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia announced trials with a high-resolution weather...

Everything you need to know about Artemis II so far – podcast

09 April at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

This week Artemis II’s four-astronaut crew broke Apollo 13’s distance record, becoming the humans to travel the farthest from Earth. Now on their way home, the team has experienced tech malfunctions, views like no other and moments of intense emotion, all in under 10 days. To find out about all the highs and lows of the mission, Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s science editor,...

Genetics may help explain why results from weight-loss jabs vary, say scientists

08 April at 19:29 PM, via The Guardian

Data on almost 28,000 patients suggests understanding gene variations could improve treatments for obesity

Scientists have discovered how genetics may help explain why weight-loss jabs work better for some people than others.

Variations in two genes involved in gut hormone pathways, which regulate appetite and digestion, may help account for different weight-loss results or side-effects when...

What does the dark side of the moon sound like? Nasa’s sonifications are helping us imagine

08 April at 15:50 PM, via The Guardian

As Artemis II returns from the dark side of the moon, Nasa’s transformations of electromagnetic energy into sound remind us that everything is vibrating – even while the astronauts are listening to Chappell Roan

Jaw-dropping dark-siding exploration aside, it’s the mundane details of the Artemis II mission that connect us with the four astronauts slingshotting their way around the moon and...

How games capture the awe and terror of cosmic isolation

08 April at 13:40 PM, via The Guardian

As real astronauts vanish behind the moon, games have long tried to evoke the fragile quiet of drifting through space

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Last week’s launch of the Artemis II space mission was a stunning spectacle, the 17-storey-high rockets erupting into cacophonous life before wrenching the craft through the Earth’s atmosphere. But the images...

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